Analog computing may be coming back
See? I told you technology advances in cycles Image by pch.vector As someone who has spent a fair amount of my career rummaging around legacy systems, I’ve learned not to dismiss old paradigms and approaches. They always come back. Marketing gurus repackage them with different terms and pretend its something new, but technology advances in […]
Burning a NeXTCube (1993)
The Wayback Machine – http://web.archive.org/web/20000817013818/http://www.simson.net:80/photos/hacks/cubefire.html Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 19:11:02 EST From: simsong (To: druby) To: druby Subject: cube burning Cc: edit To: Dan Ruby, Editor, NeXTWORLD Magazine From: Simson L. Garfinkel, Senior Editor, NeXTWORLD Magazine Subject:NeXTCube Serial Number AA001032 Date: March 16, 1993 Dear Dan, I am writing this […]
Show HN: Deploy Button for GPT-3 API Back Ends
Hosting How do I host my API? Just follow the instructions in Replit to deploy your API to Steamship’s cloud. How can people use my API? Steamship auto-generates a web interface as well as HTTP endpoints anyone can call. How do I share my API? When you deploy your code to Steamship, we’ll generate a […]
Metal Without Mining
Structural metal is the foundation of human civilization but production of steel and aluminum emits 10% of global carbon emissions. Their supply chain mining impacts are intractable even if they can be made with low emissions. It’s impossible to decarbonize their production without driving up cost.
Ask HN: LinkedIn sent me a cease and desist for my Chrome extension. Help?
Hi HN, I’m the creator and solo developer behind Browserflow, a Chrome extension that lets you automate any website. (Show HN from around a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29254147). Basically, it’s a general-purpose browser automation tool like Selenium/Puppeteer/Playwright that anyone can use without writing code. The Browserflow website includes examples of automations people often request, including scraping […]
Hypertext Emacs: You may not need org-mode
The org-mode extension to emacs is popular in part because it lets you create and follow hyperlinks between files. This is useful for keeping notes organized. Depending on your needs, you may not need org-mode for simple linked notes. That’s because there is a standard emacs keybinding that lets you open the file path under […]
The Muse (YC W12) Is Hiring a BD Manager for Strategic Partnerships
The Muse is a values-based job search platform used by over 70 million people annually to connect with companies and find a career that matches their values. Founded in 2011, we were named one of Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World. We have a highly diverse userbase of Millennial & Gen Z […]
The Parallel Port
A few days ago, on a certain orange website, I came across an article about an improvised parallel printer capture device. This contains the line: There are other projects out there, but when you google for terms such as “parallel port to usb”, they drown in a sea of “USB to parallel port” results! While […]
WebAssembly: Adding Python Support to WASM Language Runtimes
We recently added Python support to Wasm Language Runtimes. This article provides an overview of how Python works in WebAssembly environments and provides a step by step guide on how to use it. At VMware OCTO WasmLabs we want to grow the WebAssembly ecosystem by helping developers adopt this new and exciting technology. Our Wasm […]
How likely is losing a Google account?
Let’s say you use a Google account as the root of your online identity: Gmail, Fi, “Sign in with Google”, Google’s password manager, etc. How much should you be worried that you’ll suddenly find yourself unable to get into everything? Should you do something else instead? To get a sense of how common lockouts are […]